The white-anting of ATSIC has been brought about by the usual suspects

"But the one thing some would like to remind critics about, is that when Pauline Hanson said she'd get rid of ATSIC she was branded a racist."

Not true. She was branded a coward.

She called for the abolition of ATSIC and a Royal Commission to uncover the "corruption" of the "black mafia".

When asked by personal letter to put up or shut up by then ATSIC Chairman Gatjil Djerrkurra she did neither.

She just let her "allegations" hang, stinking in the air like a day-old battered sav.

Jones continues: "It is undeniable that ATSIC no longer serves the interests of Indigenous Australians."

It is totally deniable.

Jones again: "It's almost impossible to quantify how much money has gone to ATSIC in the last 15 years, but it would run upwards of $30 billion. Yet there are needy Aboriginal kids everywhere who should be provided for but aren't."

Forget cash for comment. This is trash for comment.

It is not "almost impossible" to quantify how much money has gone to ATSIC since 1990. It's all in the audited financial statements which can be found in the publicly available annual reports of the organisation.

If you really think it's $30 billion, Mr Jones, you are, fair dinkum, off with the fairies.

Truth is $10 billion or so of ATSIC dollars have hit the ground, luckily for its constituents and "needy Aboriginal kids" from Burnie to Broome and back.